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Re: Smokers are smarter, I say.

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On Fri, 28 Apr 2017 20:56:38 +0100, Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:

> On 4/28/17, 12:44 PM, in article op.yze7r1pejs98qf@red.lan, "James Wilkinson
> Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> wrote:
>
> ...
>>>> No, we're considering someone buying a whole computer with or without an
>>>> SSD.
>>>>
>>> Well, you can get SSD and Fusion drives on Macs. So no issue there.
>>
>> I thought you said they didn't do SSDs.
>
> Not by default but they are there as an option.

They're living in the past.  They should at least have the OS on a small SSD.  I used to build custom computers and the default was an SSD for the OS and major applications, and a hard disk for large data.

>>>>> But, sure, as I have said I wish Apple would move to better drives. And a
>>>>> better file system for that matter. I have been saying that for years. With
>>>>> APFS they are finally getting the better file system -- but even with that
>>>>> it
>>>>> is new and I am sure still needs maturing.
>>>>>
>>>> Didn't Apple change around the same time as Windows went from FAT to NTFS?
>>>
>>> They updated their old file system, but it was still tied to the old one
>>> (from HFS to HFS+... and they have made some other changes). It is LONG past
>>> time they moved to a better one. They are currently in the process and iOS
>>> just migrated to it, but macOS has not.
>>
>> So like FAT to FAT32?  Egad!
>
> Well, without the use of 8.3 in the background, sorta. :)

Did they get rid of those blasted forks?

>>> And you will not see me apologizing for Apple being behind here. Not that I
>>> think it is the worst thing in the world (the slow drives are a bigger
>>> issue) I think they have been FAR too slow to get to where they are now in
>>> terms of file systems.
>>
>> It's one company versus 100s of PC manufacturers.  Which is a main reason why
>> I go with PCs.  Choice, competition.
>
> I see Apple as one of those choices... and they generally serve me better.
> They offer the tools that let me do more for less money.

They are not a choice of many.  They are a single choice for making a mac.  I consider that unwise.  It's a monopoly.

>>> I use Time Machine as a backup. My wife's hard drive died -- so I created a
>>> second account on one of my kid's machine and just migrated her account.
>>> Then she got a MacBook Air with a smaller SSD and I migrated her account to
>>> there, but left out some items because of the smaller drive.
>>>
>>> All worked very well.
>>>
>>> As far me I have been migrating my account from one computer to the next
>>> since before OS X even existed. Should likely do a clean install one of
>>> these years.
>>
>> I didn't freshly install for about 17 years.  Just kept upgrading the OS from
>> Windows 95 on a 486 all the way to Windows 8 on an i5 and swapping one
>> component at a time, whichever was the bottleneck.
>
> I do wish Apple made it easier to swap components... no doubt that is a
> weakness with their systems.

It's their crazy form over function designs.  Makes it harder to change things that don't quite fit.  Still, a hacksaw can help.

-- 
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The guy that gave it to him.

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Re: Smokers are smarter, I say. "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-27 23:51 +0100
  Re: Smokers are smarter, I say. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-27 16:06 -0700
    Re: Smokers are smarter, I say. "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-28 00:57 +0100
      Re: Smokers are smarter, I say. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-27 17:23 -0700
        Re: Smokers are smarter, I say. "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-28 14:12 +0100
          Re: Smokers are smarter, I say. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-28 09:47 -0700
            Re: Smokers are smarter, I say. "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-28 17:51 +0100
              Re: Smokers are smarter, I say. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-28 11:07 -0700
                Re: Smokers are smarter, I say. "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-28 19:37 +0100
                Re: Smokers are smarter, I say. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-28 12:19 -0700
                Re: Smokers are smarter, I say. "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-28 20:44 +0100
                Re: Smokers are smarter, I say. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-28 12:56 -0700
                Re: Smokers are smarter, I say. "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-28 21:18 +0100
                Re: Smokers are smarter, I say. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-28 14:19 -0700

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